Gallup.com chronicled Americans’ responses to the major issues and events that will define 2013 in the annals of history, from Edward Snowden’s revelations about U.S. government spying to the federal government shutdown, to the possibility of war with Syria. Gallup’s editors and writers explored what was perhaps the biggest development […] Read more »
For official Washington, a truly horrible year
Who had the worst year in Washington? The answer is easy: official Washington. … Official Washington, with the media as active participants, has become obsessed with winners and losers — the question of how much one side gains from the other side’s losses — and with the maneuvering and calculations […] Read more »
The Role of Big Government
Which of these is the biggest threat to the future of the U.S.? Big government, big business, or big labor? That’s the question Gallup began asking Americans back in 1965, and we have continued asking it on a periodic basis since. As Jeff Jones reports this week, the percentage of […] Read more »
In Deficit Debate, Public Resists Cuts in Entitlements and Aid to Poor
As President Obama prepares to sign a bipartisan budget agreement that its proponents describe as a modest step toward addressing the deficit, the public shows little appetite for making some of the spending cuts often discussed as part of a broader “grand bargain” on the budget. The latest national survey […] Read more »
Record High in U.S. Say Big Government Greatest Threat
Seventy-two percent of Americans say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this question. The prior high for big government was 65% in 1999 and 2000. Big government has […] Read more »
Mark Mellman: Where I went right and wrong
I believe in accountability; and I believe there is far too little of it in our world. People say anything they please, with little or no consequence for crazy talk. Attempting to adhere to a higher standard, each year I try to review what I’ve written here and assess the […] Read more »